The world bid farewell to the first month of 2020, thinking overwhelmed them, and increased their anxiety about what the coming months of the year would bear. "January 2020" was the scene of events that made it a hot month despite the cold nights, so it deserved to compete with the month of "August" which the Arabs call "the flames father" from its temperature, at a time when bloggers and tweets on social media described "January 2020" a month. Black and sad ended unhappy with him.

Signs of war

31 days ago, the cold January turned its astronomical nature into a "hot plate" that surfaced on the surface of several events, exacerbated by the killing of the commander of the "Quds Force" in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization in Iraq, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, in an American operation in the Iraqi capital Baghdad And the consequence of the Iranian bombing of a Ukrainian civilian plane, and the killing of all its 176 passengers of different nationalities, in a process which Tehran described as a "human error", then the rise in oil prices, and concern about a possible global war in the Gulf that stopped global oil supplies in a month It is considered the most needed season for gas and oil globally. Especially after Iranian missile response to two military bases in Iraq, between «Ein al-Assad» base, which includes about 1,500 US troops.

"Deal of the Century"

The Americans continued to raise more concern in the region, after they inflated the Palestinian embers under the ashes, by announcing US President Donald Trump some details of the "deal of the century" that the Palestinians rejected, and saw in them a "conspiracy" against them and their country, a deal in which many were said, but it carries a lot It has the spark of a new Palestinian uprising and instability in the region.

Australia fires

Elsewhere in the world, Australia's forests experienced their worst days after fires, which led to an environmental catastrophe and the deaths of millions of animals. The British newspaper "Times", quoting environmental experts at the University of Sydney, Australia, estimated that about 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles died directly or indirectly due to the devastating fires, and that includes about 8,000 rare koala animals that are believed to have been burned to death. On the north coast of Australia.

Philippine volcano

Not far from Australia, more than 235,000 people fled their homes around the Tal Volcano in Batangas Province, 66 kilometers south of the Philippine capital, Manila, after the volcano, in the middle of a lake, bombarded ash, steam and lava on Filipino homes.

The volcano erupted on the afternoon of January 12, 2020, after 43 years of its eruption in 1977, and it released ashes that reached 14 kilometers in the air, to show the sky ashes and mud, at a time when the "Philippine Institute of Volcanoes and Seismology" raised the level of danger resulting from the second degree to the fourth degree. The volcano sparked terror in the Philippines, schools were closed, businesses and government institutions were suspended, as well as the capital's airport, and more than 500 international and domestic flights were canceled.

Corona Virus"

The new Corona virus in China came to increase the "January 2020" hottest and global concern, after the Chinese authorities confirmed the outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province, at a time when the World Health Organization announced that the outbreak of the Corona virus constituted a "state of emergency." Health concerns of international concern », due to the spread of the virus in other countries.

"Corona" may be the most worrying and horrifying event in the world, after recording cases of the disease in many countries of the world, and the announcement of some airlines to stop their flights to some Chinese cities.

Britain events

Europe was not spared from the shocking January events, as the month ended with the separation of Britain from the European Union.

The United Kingdom formally left the European Union at 11 pm on Friday, 31 January, to begin a transitional period of 11 months.

The UK was the scene of another event that shocked fans of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, after we announced their abdication of their duties as prominent members of the Royal Family of Britain and to work for financial independence.

The departure of the Sultan of Oman

In the Arab world, "January" was a sad month for the Omanis who lost Sultan Qaboos bin Said, after 50 years of the rule of the Sultanate of Oman, and he is the Sultan who is described as "a friend of all."

Turkey earthquake

January was also a sadness in Turkey, after the earthquake that struck the "Alazig" region, and its magnitude was 6.8 on the Richter scale. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described what his country was exposed to as “a test for Turkey”, especially since the Turks still remember the devastating 1999 earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale, which struck the Izmit region in western Turkey, killing more than 17 thousand, About 500,000 people were displaced.

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January has not left sports fans in peace. The world lost its basketball legend, Kobe Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, in a helicopter crash in California.

Bryant has been described as one of the most extraordinary players in basketball history and inspired by many around the world.

January 2020 left his pain irreversibly, leaving the door of possibilities open in February, with the hope that it will be a warmer month and free of global troubles, in which the wave of earthquakes, fires, volcanoes, political crises, and tragic events will subside, so that February remains a title for the day of love Which happens on the 14th of it.